• Newspapers and gossip sites reported that Senator John Edwards and wife Elizabeth separated in 2008, after the senator admitted to having an affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter.ABC News: Edwards Admits Sexual Affair Page Six: Missing Ring (October 30, 2008) Elizabeth Edwards taped a show with Oprah Winfrey to discuss her memoir Resilience, in May 2009. During that interview, she revealed that the two of them are still living together.E Online: Elizabeth Edwards Opens Up... (May 5, 2009)

• 1. Couple married in 1977
  2. Edwards served as senator from 1999-2005
  3. Couple have three children: Cate, Emma and Jack; a fourth child, Wade, died in a car accident in 1996
  4. Elizabeth Edwards was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004MSNBC: Edwards battles breast cancer (November 21, 2004)
  5. John Edwards admitted in August 2008 to having an affair with Rielle HunterUS Weekly: Not Wearing Wedding Ring (October 30, 2008)
  6. Edwards denied claims that he was the father of Hunter's childUS Weekly: Not Wearing Wedding Ring (October 30, 2008)
  7. Edwards was said to have never submitted to a paternity testUS Weekly: Not Wearing Wedding Ring (October 30, 2008)
  8. Elizabeth Edwards spoke about health care in Washington D.C. on October 27, 2008NBC NewYork: Edwards Appears Without Ring (October 30, 2008)
  9. Edwards was not wearing her wedding band during her speech, fueling rumors that she may be separated from her husbandNBC NewYork: Edwards Appears Without Ring (October 30, 2008)

• The Oprah Winfrey Show

  Oprah Winfrey interviewed Elizabeth Edwards and asked if she was in love with her husband. Edwards declined to answer by stating, "You know, that's a complicated question." Winfrey then went on to ask if Edwards believed that the child born to Rielle Hunter was her husband's child. Edwards replied, "I've seen a picture of the baby. I have no idea. It doesn't look my children, but I don't have any idea."E Online: Elizabeth Edwards Opens Up... (May 5, 2009)

  
  

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